Sifting through debris at Peaceful Pet Passage in York Township after a vehicle went through the business early Monday morning. (Paul Kuehnel-- Daily Record Sunday News)

Police return to scene of York Township truck crash looking for evidence on Monday. (Paul Kuehnel-- Daily Record Sunday News)

A New Oxford man kidnapped his girlfriend, rammed a police cruiser and then crashed into a York Township pet mortuary early Monday, police said.

Even after the crash at Peaceful Pet Passage, 2709 S. Queen St., Douglas Newman, 33, fought with police, shrugging off the effects of a Taser, until police eventually subdued him, according to York Area Regional Police Sgt. Jeff Dunbar.

Later Monday, Newman was in York Hospital's emergency room, being treated for injuries he suffered in the crash. He was then taken to Central Booking, where he was arraigned on a host of charges and given $500,000 bail, according to the York County Sheriff's Office.

The crash at Peaceful Pet Passage drew attention from onlookers, including nearby resident John Shue, 80.

"It's amazing, somebody hit that sucker hard," he said, looking at the massive hole in the building. "By golly, he went way in."

Warned by police

Dunbar said police were called about 10 p.m. Sunday to a Dallastown house, where an inebriated Newman was inside his girlfriend's apartment. She did not want him there.

"He had been drinking," Dunbar said. "He was told not to drive until he had sobered up."

Police escorted Newman from the woman's apartment and told him to leave her alone.

"It was a domestic situation that, for the most part, had resolved itself," Dunbar said. "Two hours later, it erupted again. He didn't take our advice."

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York County 911 received a call from another tenant in the house who told them Newman had come back.

"He broke into the apartment, and he drug her (the girlfriend) out of the apartment," Dunbar said. "They both left in his vehicle. As far as we understand, she was being taken against her will."

Police began scouring the area for Newman, the woman and Newman's heavy-duty pickup truck, commonly known as a "dualie." Minutes later, a York Area Regional Police officer spotted the truck at the Royal

Farms convenience store, 2605 S. Queen St.

Douglas Newman

Shots fired during confrontation

As the officer was pulling into the convenience store, he saw the woman jump out of Newman's truck and run into the store, Dunbar said.

Newman was getting gas at that point.

As the officer continued into the parking lot, Newman hopped into his truck and "intentionally rammed the police car while it was in motion," Dunbar said.

The impact - on the driver's side - pushed the police car sideways.

"We're talking a little mismatch in vehicles here, to say the least," he said of the large truck, which has dual wheels on its back axle.

The officer, who suffered minor injuries, got out of his car and fired several shots from his gun at Newman and his truck, Dunbar said.

He declined to release the officer's name until the investigation into the incident - including the discharging of the officer's weapon - was concluded.

Dunbar also said he was not sure how many bullets had been fired. He knew that none had struck Newman, although he wasn't sure if any had hit his truck.

"With the damage to the truck at this point ... we haven't been able to determine if any of them did," he said.

The officer's injuries were later examined at the scene.

Crash looked like an explosion

Once the officer fired his gun, he got back into his car. Meanwhile, Newman had pulled out of the parking lot and headed south on an access road that runs parallel with South Queen Street, Dunbar said.

The first officer, who was joined by another, drove toward two small strip center stores, where Newman was headed. When they got there, Newman had hit a building.

"They said it looked like an explosion when he blasted into the front of the building," he said.

Reaching the scene, Newman "came out fighting. They Tasered him, and it had no effect," Dunbar said.